POL113H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Homeostasis, Validity, Proletariat
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Freeden"s deinition of political ideologies as presented in the lecture. Antoine destutt de tracy coined the term to refer to the science of ideas: since then, has evolved to take on many meanings. Says ideologies are a major genre of political thought. Ideologies: system of ideas and ideals, especially one which forms the basic of economic or political theory and policy: ex. Set of beliefs or characteristics of a social group or individual: ex. Compete over providing and controlling plan for public policy. Aim to justify, contest, or change the social and political processes of a community. Divides ideologies into 2 views: pejorative (against) and ideological morphology. Apter said ideologies bind the community together: by sharing values/ ideas/ideals. Ideologies are ubiquitous forms of political thinking: relect varieties of thoughts, perceptions and misperceptions regarding the existing or imagined world. Bell says the most important latent function of ideology is to tap emotion: see what people really value and want in society.
